![]() ![]() You wish you had time to prepare a little better. We had to take the opportunity to go 4-5 because we were on the outside looking in. I felt like we had to because I wasn’t sure we were going to get in at 3-5. “I asked my players last week what they wanted to do and they felt like they wanted to do it. “I’m not going to use that as an excuse,” Smithers said. They posted wins at Charlotte High and Sarasota High with losses to Venice High and the Cougars. It was the fourth game in 12 days for the Rams, who went 2-2.It was one of those nights where the ball didn’t bounce our way.” We needed to stay second- and third-and-short. “That didn’t bother us as much as getting into bad down and distance. “We knew they were going to try to load the box against us and stop the run. Cardinal Mooney did not show the Rams anything they were not expecting to see.We had chances we just turned it over and couldn’t put it together.” We know what kind of coach Jared Clark is. “It’s the same thing that plagued us the last couple of games: turnovers and penalties,” Riverview coach Josh Smithers said after his club was flagged 10 times for 110 yards in losses. They lost a fumble and failed to secure the ball on the second half kickoff, permitting Cardinal Mooney to take possession at the Riverview 19-yard line. The Rams’ mistakes were not limited to the three interceptions.I feel good about it (the Cougars’ playoff chances). I think it’s a big one for the playoff picture. They bonded with each other and came out and played a heckuva football game. Everybody told them we’ve got nothing left, and those guys didn’t listen. Everybody told them we’re out of the playoffs. “We’ve been telling our guys all year, it’s a big schedule. “We played a heckuva schedule,” Clark said. Arranging the game late in the season with Riverview could pay dividends for the Cougars’ playoffs hopes.Three runs, including a 4-yard reverse to the left by Ryon White and Pedro Cava’s PAT kick tied the game at 7-all. Johnny Antonucci hit three straight passes for 25 and 26 yards to Cooper Flerlage sandwiched around a 7-yarder to George Leibold to advance to the Rams’ 10-yard line. Trailing 7-0 late in the third quarter, the Cougars went to the air to get deep into Riverview territory. In the first meeting between the teams, Cardinal Mooney (2-6) helped its chances in Class 3 Suburban-Region 3, while damaging the Rams’ hopes. “We needed everybody,” Cardinal Mooney coach Jared Clark said. The Cougars scored two touchdowns in 58 seconds to overcome an early deficit and hand Riverview High a 14-7 setback Tuesday evening at the Ram Bowl. SARASOTA - The Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School football team is healthier than it has been. Cardinal Mooney Catholic Cougar wide receiver Ryon White jumps into the end zone for a touchdown on a trick short run play against the Riverview Rams in the third quarter of play, tying up the game 7-7, after the extra point, at the Ram Bowl in Sarasota on Tuesday, Nov. ![]()
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